Assam government on Monday announced that the daily wages of tea garden workers is increased by Rs 18
Barak Valley will be Rs 228. The new wages for tea garden workers have come into effect from October 1.
Assam government has decided to reserve of three per cent of seats for people belonging to the tea tribe community.
He further said that the government will also ensure 20 per cent bonus for all tea garden workers employed under Assam Tea Corporation (ATC).
Wages was a hotly debated issue in assembly polls in 2021 assembly polls.
Sarma on Monday formally launched the much-awaited Mukhya Mantri Lok Sewak Arogya Yojana, an online medical bill reimbursement scheme for Government of Assam's employees, pensioners, and their dependents.
Medical bills under the scheme shall be reimbursed at rates equivalent to that of Central Government Health Schemes (CGHS) and these shall be credited directly towards the accounts of the claimant employees within a stipulated time-frame.
The option of cashless payment shall also be introduced in phases.
Sarma exuded confidence the Mukhya Mantri Lok Sewak Arogya Yojana shall be able to do away with bureaucratic red-tapism to a great extant and shall provide huge relief to government employees by simplifying the process of reimbursement of medical bills.
Sarma said one can get his or her medical bills reimbursed for treatment at any hospital of their choices, a departure from the earlier norm that required one to get treated only at government-empanelled hospitals for his or her bills to be successfully processed. Paperwork to make medical treatment benefits under the scheme cashless in as many hospitals as possible is going on, he said, adding that from coming April 1, treatments for government employees at medical colleges across the State and AIIMS at Changsari shall be made
